Shloka 32

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

बाह्यशौचेन युक्तः संस् तथा चाभ्यन्तरं चरेत् आग्नेयं वारुणं ब्राह्मं कर्तव्यं शिवपूजकैः

Transliteration

bāhyaśaucena yuktaḥ saṃs tathā cābhyantaraṃ caret āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ brāhmaṃ kartavyaṃ śivapūjakaiḥ

Translation

बाह्यशौचसम्पन्नः सन् तथैवाभ्यन्तरशौचं चरेत्। अतः शिवपूजकैः आग्नेयं वारुणं ब्राह्मं च शोधनं विधिवत् कर्तव्यम्॥

Word by Word

• bāhya-śaucena: with external cleanliness

• yuktaḥ: endowed/connected

• saṃs (saṃ): indeed/then

• tathā: likewise

• ca: and

• ābhyantaram: inner (purity)

• caret: should practice/undertake

• āgneyam: relating to Agni, fiery purification

• vāruṇam: relating to Varuṇa, watery purification

• brāhmam: Brahmic/Vedic (mantric) purification

• kartavyam: to be done/should be performed

• śiva-pūjakaiḥ: by the worshippers of Śiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja injunctions to the sages of Naimisharanya)